Juan Sancho

Biography

Born in Seville (Spain), tenor Juan Sancho initially trained as a pianist before entering the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona) to study voice in the Early Music department with Lambert Climent, also receiving tuition from Monsterrat Figueras. Later he studied with Raphaël Sikorski (Laboratoire de la Voix, Paris), Raúl Giménez (Barcelona) and also received appreciated advice from Alessandro Corbelli.

Juan Sancho has worked with many great conducters such as Michel Corboz, William Christie, Gustav Leonhardt, Fabio Biondi, Jordi Savall, Diego Fasolis, Marc Minkowski, Andrea Marcon, Alan Curtis, Richard Egarr, George Petrou, Leonardo García-Alarcón, Riccardo Minasi, Hervé Niquet and Skip Sempé. He has also sung with outstanding orchestras such as Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Real Philarmonia de Galicia etc. He has been also invited by some of the most important european early music ensembles like Concerto Köln, The Academy of Ancient Music, Les Arts Florissants, Accademia Bizantina, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Le Concert des Nations, Hésperion XXI, Europa Galante, Les musiciens du Louvre, Il complesso barocco, Il Pomo d'Oro, Armonia Athenea etc.

He has appeared at some of the most emblematic theaters and opera houses around the world: Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Teatro Real (Madrid), La Fenice (Venice), Prague National Theater, Barbican Center (London), Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Alte Oper (Frankfurt), Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), Palau de la Música (Valencia), Salle Pleyel (Paris), Opéra Comique (Paris), Cité de la Musique (Paris), Tchaikovski Hall (Moscow), Auditori (Barcelona), Opéra National du Rhin (Strasburg), Opéra National de Lorraine (Nancy), Lincoln Center (New York), Teatro de la Maestranza (Sevilla), Fundaçao Gulbenkian (Lisbon), Oper Köln, Kursaal (San Sebastián) etc. And also in some of Europe's most important music festivals such as Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Festival d'Ambronay, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival Enescu, Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Festival de Granada, Antwerpen Early Music Festival.

His DVD and CD recordings include Catone in Utica by Leonardo Vinci in the role of Catone (DECCA), Arminio by Handel (DECCA), Siroe, rè di Persia by Hasse (DECCA), Alessandro by Handel (DECCA), Artasserse by Leonardo Vinci (ERATO in DVD), Monteverdi's trilogy from Teatro Real under William Christie and Les Arts Florissants (DYNAMICS and VIRGIN) and Virtù di strali d'Amore by Cavalli con Fabio Biondi (NAXOS) etc.

Among his recent performances stands out his debuts at the Opéra de Lausanne with Ariodante under Diego Fasolis, and at the Salzburg Festival with Romeo e Giulietta by Zingarelli, and his return to Theater an der Wien performing Adriano in Siria by Pergolesi, and in Wiesbaden singing Siroe, ré di Persia by Hasse.